Performing Arts News

This category features news about dance, theater, music and other live audience performances (magic shows, puppetry, circus, comedy, etc.), festivals, venues, artists, staging and ticketing. The spotlight is on news of interest to theater goers, producers and performing arts amateurs and professionals.

Voice Artist James Hrkach: A Canadian Voice for the World

From the theatre to the microphone, James Hrkach’s voice artistry services are unparalleled. - July 26, 2006 - Voices.com

Voice Artist Laurence Fuller Rises to Excellence

Voice of the current UK X-box campaign in the theatres and on television, Laurence Fuller aspires to achieve vocal greatness online and at Voices.com. - July 26, 2006 - Voices.com

Voice Talent Agencies Go with Web Based Services, Simplify Voice Casting Process

Talent agencies using Voices.com are able to give talent their own websites and manage all aspects of the client relationship, even auditioning for voice-over work. - July 18, 2006 - Voices.com

Voices.com Aims to Standardize Rates for the Voice-over Industry

Industry professionals brainstormed the foundations of a new rates sheet for the voice-over industry at the VOX Daily blog. - July 11, 2006 - Voices.com

The Frat Movie is Holding One of Its Last Casting Calls Before Filming Begins

Westley James Freeman Kershaw is CEO of CRFreeman, Inc. and creator of a the feature film called The Frat. CRFreeman is looking for Investors and Sponsors for their feature film, soundtrack, merchandise, promotion, release parties and their multi city college tour. The size of a person's... - July 03, 2006 - CRFreeman, Inc

Voices.com Announces New Casting Voices Weblog for Businesses

Casting Voices, a new weblog by Voices.com, is the perfect online magazine for those who need voices recorded to complete their projects. - June 27, 2006 - Voices.com

Voices.com Releases New VOX Daily Weblog

VOX Daily sparks conversation and movements that are guiding the voice industry, giving voice artists a means to participate and easily communicate the issues of the day. - June 27, 2006 - Voices.com

Comedian Gus Arredondo Returns to Ontario Improv

Comedian Arredondo to perform at Ontario Improv's "Tuesday Train Wreck Show" along with a stellar line up of comedians. - June 25, 2006 - Comedian Gus Arredondo

Jim Jeffries - The Second Coming

Hell wants him, heaven won't take him, Edinburgh got him. Triumphantly returning to Edinburgh after 2004’s complete (and extra shows) sell-out show ‘Porn Idol’, the internationally acclaimed storyteller presents his most morally bankrupt show to date. - June 22, 2006 - Brett Vincent for Underbelly Promotions

Voices.com Launches Industry Website Directory

Voices.com announces their new website directory, including links specific to Broadcast, Entertainment, Business and Technology websites. - June 21, 2006 - Voices.com

Talk of the Fest - Hosted by Paul Provenza

Unmissable: comedy history made nightly. On this stage, comedians do the set up they've always wanted to do and chat with The Aristocrats director Paul Provenza about why. Up close and personal with comedians at their edgiest, funniest best. Book early! venue: Smirnoff Underbelly; group: Parker Entertainment - The Ark Productions; category: Comedy; related link: http://www.parkerentertainment.com - June 21, 2006 - Talk of the Fest

"Drumfire" African Drumming Masters in this Superb Lineup

All Master Drummers, all holding multiple endorsements from such companies, as "TAMA," "TOCA," "MEINL," "MAPEX," "Pearl," Chrisse "Mamafrika" Feros & The Drummers of Toumba! Toumba! have put together the team of "DRUMFIRE" for workshops in the corporate sector and for delivering concert programs for opening and closing major events. - June 15, 2006 - BadBubba Records

Comedian Gus Arredondo to Perform in Mtn. View and San Francisco, CA

Comedian Gus Arredondo will be returning to the bay area for two shows. - June 15, 2006 - Comedian Gus Arredondo

Designer Nick Graham Signed to Oversee Dr. Suess 50th Anniversary Collection of "The Cat in the Hat" and "How The Grinch Stole Christmas"

Nick Graham of the 100 Minute Company announced today the signing of an exclusive contract with Dr Seuss Enterprises to design and market the 50th Anniversary Collection of “The Cat in the Hat” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. - June 10, 2006 - 100 Minute Company

Bid4spots And Voice123 Team Up to Give Voice to Radio Advertisers

Companies Partner to Provide Full-Service Radio Ad Production and Media Buying, Making Radio Advertising Easy and Cost-Effective For Businesses of Any Size - June 08, 2006 - Voice123.com

David Ciccarelli and Stephanie Ciccarelli Nominated for the Young Entrepreneur Award 2006

The co-founders of Interactive Voices Inc. have been nominated for the Young Entrepreneur Award, established by the Business Development Bank of Canada in 1988. These awards are presented to young entrepreneurs aged between 19 and 35, representing Canada's 13 provinces and territories, who have distinguished themselves for their business sense and innovative spirit. - June 06, 2006 - Voices.com

The Legendary MargOH! Channing Makes Cabaret Debut on June 21 @ 7PM

MargOH! brings her “special” brand of entertainment to you in a live variety show (and ten minutes). She will be singing, dancing and sharing anecdotes from her fabulous life including her loves, her battle with gin using the controversial “sake method” and the real reason she lip synchs to Liza Minnelli and Judy Garland. You will be astounded! MargOH! is welcoming special guests Comedian Ann Carr, Actor/Singer Jeff Catlow and Jarad Astin on Piano. - June 01, 2006 - MargOH Channing

Voices.com, the New Name of InteractiveVoices

InteractiveVoices, the #1 destination for connecting businesses with voice actors, is rebranding their name to Voices.com, becoming the absolute web service for voice-overs. - May 31, 2006 - Voices.com

InteractiveVoices Promotes Podcasting Voices on PodcastingNews

InteractiveVoices, the voice-over marketplace, has recently launched a campaign at Podcasting News, inviting businesses who need voices for their podcasts to post their job requirements at no cost to receive demos and price quotes from pro talent. - May 30, 2006 - Voices.com

LuvSeals Soaps to appear at BAM’s “DanceAfrica 2006” Bazaar during Memorial Day Weekend

Brooklyn handcrafted soap-maker to showcase products, samples, and live soap-making demonstrations outdoors during the annual 3-day festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. - May 27, 2006 - LuvSeals Soaps Company

National Comedy Theatre Returns from Iraq Tour

The National Comedy Theatre, one of the leading improv comedy companies in the country, has returned from their four-week tour visiting troops in Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Djibouti, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. This is the fourth time that the NCT has performed for the Armed Forces. - April 29, 2006 - National Comedy Theatre

Voice-overs Blog at InteractiveVoices Entertains, Inspires, and Educates

The InteractiveVoices Blog has been live now for 4 months and its daily posts geared toward voice actors and talents are as riveting as they are relevant. - April 21, 2006 - Voices.com

Allegro Dance Company Offers Workshops to Schools

Allegro Dance Company will be offering new programs and workshops for schools and colleges. - April 04, 2006 - Allegro Dance Company

InteractiveVoices Recognized in Web 2.0 Top 200

InteractiveVoices, home to the worlds best freelance voice actors, leads the way in Web 2.0 recruiting services for voice-over talent. - March 31, 2006 - Voices.com

Voice Talents Choose InteractiveVoices Instead of Voice Agents

In an industry where the voice is everything that matters, talents are choosing InteractiveVoices as a valuable alternative to voice agents. - March 21, 2006 - Voices.com

The Trend to Add Voices to Technology has Created a Huge Demand for Voice Actors and InteractiveVoices

InteractiveVoices (http://www.interactivevoices.com), an online marketplace founded in 2003, provides a unique service to match businesses with voice actors. The service works a lot like an online recruiting service. Companies who need a voice can listen to thousands of different voice actors and choose the one that is right for their project. - March 09, 2006 - Voices.com

Actors Flock to Voice Acting Website and Find a Whole New World

Actors are discovering the art of voice acting, translating their on-camera and theatrical skills to voice acting adventures behind the microphone. - February 23, 2006 - Voices.com

Break in the Podcasting Stream with Voice123

Voice123 is the company that can help you do your own podcasts as easy a 1, 2, 3. - February 23, 2006 - Voice123.com

Voice Actors at InteractiveVoices.com are Giving Clients the Opportunity to Win an iPod Nano

Businesses that recruit voice actors are being rewarded for their loyalty at InteractiveVoices.com. These clients have been given the opportunity to refer their associates to InteractiveVoices.com - the top web service for searching, hiring, and connecting with voice actors – in exchange for a chance to win an iPod Nano. - February 17, 2006 - Voices.com

PR.com's Senior Editor, Allison Kugel, Interviews Outspoken Emmy Award Winning Comedian Judy Gold

PR.com's Senior Editor, Allison Kugel, Interviews Outspoken Emmy Award Winning Comedian Judy Gold

Judy Gold opens up to PR.com's Allison Kugel about the criticism she has taken for playing up Jewish stereotypes in her act, for insulting George W. Bush and on being a gay single parent. - February 09, 2006 - PR.com

Definitive Guide to Voice-Over Success, 2nd Edition, Released by InteractiveVoices.com

Setting the stage for more than just getting started in voice-overs, InteractiveVoices.com offers a complete guide on how to conduct business online as a professional voice-over talent. - January 28, 2006 - Voices.com

InteractiveVoices Introduces VoiceSuite, a Web 2.0 Service for Radio and Television Stations to Manage Audio Productions Online

VoiceSuite is a unique web service that helps to production managers to complete voice-over projects for broadcast purposes. Managers enjoy using it because it's simple, fast, and web-based. There’s no need to download or install anything — everything happens in a web browser. - January 25, 2006 - Voices.com

Video Game Voice Overs on the Increase at Voice123

Voice123 just released the the fastest and easiest online application to find the best voices for video games. - January 25, 2006 - Voice123.com

InteractiveVoices Increases Online File Storage for All Customers

InteractiveVoices.com took another leap forward today, increasing the allotted file storage and file delivery capacity for all businesses and voice talents that use the InteractiveVoices Web 2.0 service. - January 10, 2006 - Voices.com

InteractiveVoices.com Year in Review, Top Ten List Released

2005 has been an impressive year for InteractiveVoices.com, including innovations in podcasting, desktop publishing, branding, and building a database of the world’s finest voice-over talents and clientele. - December 28, 2005 - Voices.com

Study: Unfamiliar Voices Are Most Effective in Commercials

Audiences best respond to voice-overs performed by professional voice-over talents, which is no surprise to the industry that consistently provides voice-overs services for radio stations, television broadcasters, telephone companies, animation studios, and for industrial presentations. - December 27, 2005 - Voices.com

"Podcasting" is more than the word of the year at InteractiveVoices.com

To many, podcasts are simply listened to, but at InteractiveVoices, podcasts are made. The voice-overs recorded by professional voice talents are integral to the success of corporate, entertainment, and educational podcast shows. "Podcasting" is the official word of the year, as proclaimed by the Oxford Dictionary. - December 09, 2005 - Voices.com

Voice-Over Talent Knowledge Base Launched at InteractiveVoices.com

Voice-over talents looking for answers to frequently asked questions about the voice-over industry now have their own database of questions and answers accessible at InteractiveVoices.com. This new component of the site was launched as a part of the company’s continuing mission to serve voice talents and their clients, providing them with vital voice-over career information. - December 05, 2005 - Voices.com

Campaigning for Canada Begins, Canadian Political Parties Seek Voice-Overs

On November 29th, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin announced the January 23rd, 2006 Federal Election date. As campaigning begins this week across Canada, the Liberals, Conservatives, New Democrats, the Bloc, and the Green Party are recruiting professional voice talents to represent their organizations and spread their political messages on television, radio commercials, and podcasts – voice professionals that they are finding at InteractiveVoices.com, the voice-over marketplace. - November 30, 2005 - Voices.com

Mike Lear, Radio Voice Talent, Shares Insight with InteractiveVoices.com

Mike Lear, American voice talent, has recently been interviewed by InteractiveVoices.com, the voice-over marketplace. Mike’s gallant, reliable, newscaster voice-overs are attainable and affordable, right in time for Christmas and New Years - November 28, 2005 - Voices.com

Voice-Over Script Collection, 2nd Edition, Released at InteractiveVoices.com

The second edition of The Voice-Over Script Collection, including 25 new broadcast commercial scripts, updated station imaging IDs, telephone scripts, narration, and bonus public domain scripts has just been released at InteractiveVoices.com. - November 21, 2005 - Voices.com

InteractiveVoices.com: A Meeting Place for Hiring Voiceover Talents

A cross between social networking and recruiting, InteractiveVoices.com enables buyers such as radio and television stations, ad agencies and corporate marketing departments to search for and hire professional voiceover talents for their voice-over jobs. - November 16, 2005 - Voices.com

Mitch Collins, Personable and Professional Voice Talent, Signs on with InteractiveVoices.com

Mitch Collins, USA voice talent and multimedia guru, has recently joined InteractiveVoices.com, the voice-over marketplace. Mitch’s confident salesmanship and focused work ethic delivers upscale, marketable voice-overs to national clients day in day out. - November 10, 2005 - Voices.com

Podcasting Week at InteractiveVoices.com

InteractiveVoices, the voice over marketplace, is celebrating Podcasting Week starting November 7th to November 13th, 2005. Companies will have an opportunity to find the perfect voice to brand their podcast and take advantage of free podcasting resources and podcasting ebooks, Express Job Posting services, and an opportunity to network with podcasting voice talent featured at InteractiveVoices.com. - November 07, 2005 - Voices.com

Wes Cunningham, “Instant Voice-Overs” Voice Talent, Partners with InteractiveVoices.com

Wes Cunningham, American voice actor, broadcast talent, and voice-over professional, has recently joined InteractiveVoices.com, the voice-over marketplace. Wes’ satisfaction guarantee coupled with his signature “Instant Voice-Overs” quickly yield happy customers and quality audio. - October 20, 2005 - Voices.com

Martin Yap, Canadian Voice-Over Talent, Partners with InteractiveVoices.com

Martin Yap, Canadian voice actor, narrator and movie trailer voice-over talent, has recently joined InteractiveVoices.com, the voice-over marketplace. Martin’s superior artistry, bold Hollywood voice talents, and spine-tingling reads captivate and inspire audiences across Canada and the United States. - October 18, 2005 - Voices.com

Halloween and Voice123: A Great Promotional Opportunity

Voice123 has the largest selection of Halloween's scary, horrifying, and spooky voices to record your voice over projects. - October 13, 2005 - Voice123.com

InteractiveVoices.com Enhances Job Posting Service For Clients Seeking Voice Over Recordings

InteractiveVoices.com, the voice over marketplace, has enhanced their web-service to include a solid, dynamic look and feel, new voice over resources, and doubly increased the file storage of their members enabling them to upload more voice-over demos, images, resumes, rate cards, testimonials, and other documents related to their voice over careers. - October 13, 2005 - Voices.com

Joe Pagliarulo, American Radio Host, Returns To Voice-Over Roots with InteractiveVoices.com

Joe Pagliarulo, voice-over talent and morning radio host, has recently joined InteractiveVoices.com, the voice over marketplace. Joe’s high impact, thunderous bass voice and his polished news anchor phrasing screams corporate success and consumer confidence. - October 06, 2005 - Voices.com

Barbara Lindstom, Announcer and Narrator, Shares her Voice at InteractiveVoices.com

Barbara Lindstrom, American voice-over talent, has recently joined InteractiveVoices.com, the voice over marketplace. Barbara’s phenomenal imagery, vocal sophistication, and appetite for a good script is a marketing combination with foolproof results. - October 04, 2005 - Voices.com

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